So what went wrong?

Thats according to a report from Total War-centric YouTuberVolound, citing anonymous sources that were corroborated byVGC.

The report suggest Hyenas was originally greenlit after the lukewarm commercial performance ofAlien: Isolationand strategy spin-offHalo Wars 2.

A character aims at a big mech suit with a bunch of guns strapped to it in multiplayer arena shooter Hyenas

Mixing parts from every other blockbuster shooter would seem like one way to achieve that goal, but alas.

The game apparently had a gritty sci-fi vibe with a touch of NASA.

He also had that idea of inserting a lot of internet humour and stuff, the source continued.

Sega cancelled Hyenas alongside other unannounced projects.

Redundancies at developer Creative Assembly followed suit, with employees working on the Total War series also affected.

The studio still plans to release the next installment,Total War: Pharaoh, on October 11th.